Found 329 events matching "year:[1970 TO 1979]"
Andy Andrews earned five ACC individual titles over the course of his career at NC State. He took the No. 5 singles conference championship and the No. 2 singles ACC title. He also won back-to-back ACC doubles titles, winning with Matt McDonald in 1980 and Mark Dillon in 1981.
During his time at NC State, Matt McDonald won two ACC team championships, three double ACC titles, and two ACC individual titles.
The men's lacrosse team led by Coach Robert Conroy began varsity play. The team was an NCAA Division I program from 1973 to 1982.
Bo Rein was the football head coach from 1976 to 1979. He led the Wolfpack to back-to-back bowl victories in 1977 and 1978 and the 1979 ACC championship.
Margaret Hunt and Lillie Castor were the first two African American women hired as professional librarians to work at the D. H. Hill Jr. Library.
The Erdahl-Cloyd Student Union officially became the West Wing of the D.H. Hill Jr Library. The building was remodeled to include a book reserve room, an undergraduate browsing collection, and an audiovisual room.
Dr. Ellis Brevier Cowling was awarded the North Carolina Award for Science.
The Gardner Hall addition was built by Carter Williams Architects. The addition was named Thomas Hall on November 19, 2009, in honor of Joab Langston Thomas, who served as chancellor from 1975 to 1981.
A fundraiser was held on campus selling off men to the service of women for one day, and raising $175 for the Morehead School of the Blind.
Dean of Student Affairs Banks Talley was issued parking sticker A0007. When asked if he had any connection to James Bond (Agent 007), Talley replied that he was not a spy, although many students believed his office had spies everywhere.
The Department of Modern Languages was renamed the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures.
Construction ended on the new 11-story tower addition, the North Tower, of the D. H. Hill Jr. Library.
